It
seems I may be posting this ancestor on the wrong day because my
calendar shows February 28th, but in reviewing his information it
appears the correct date should be February 20th, so I am a few days
late, but still in the correct month.
Robert was my 7th
great-grandfather, born 20 Feb 1682/83 in Ipswich, Essex County,
Massachusetts. He was the son of John and Dinah (Chiske) Rogers.
There are records in Ipswich that his father John was an innkeeper in
1693 with the tavern "The Black Horse."
There is quite a long article
about Robert on the Find a Grave website. Although they have not
found a gravestone for him, they have placed his information in the
Rowley Burial Ground section.
Robert's father John and his
uncle Thomas Rogers were "saddlers" and Robert followed
that same occupation, making saddles and other equipment for horses.
He continued in that occupation when he moved to Rowley.
After he had been married for a
few years, apparently Robert served as a trooper during Queen Anne's
War and was wounded at Dunstable 3 Jul 1706. After a couple of weeks
of treatment he returned to Rowley.
The author at Find a Grave
believes that Robert had three wives. I did find three marriages for
a Robert Rogers in the Rowley marriage records: to Dorothy Smith (my
ancestor) 4 Feb 1702/03, then after her death 17 Aug 1718, he married
widow Sarah (Jewett) Prime 7 Oct 1718. The Rowley death record shows
the death of a Sarah Rogers, wife of John, died 20 Nov 1722, but on
Find a Grave that death date is given for Robert's wife Sarah. Early
Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts also shows that date for
Robert's wife Sarah. Rowley records shows Robert Rogers married widow
Lydia (Leaver) Thurston 11 Mar 1722/23. That marriage was very short
as he died 18 Apr 1723.
Robert had five children with
Dorothy, including my ancestor Dorothy that I wrote about yesterday
(25 Feb 2017), and two children with Sarah. I wonder about who was
caring for the young children as the first two wives died, then
Robert himself. Did Lydia care for them along with her two children
from her first marriage? She married 23 Nov 1725 to Stephen Jewett,
her third husband. It is interesting to consider how families may
have coped with the deaths of one or both parents in a family.
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